Where players from Houston high schools will go in the NFL Draft

Where players from Houston high schools will go in the...

1of16PHOTOS: Where players from Houston-area high schools are expected to be picked in this year's NFL DraftEd Oliver, who starred at Westfield High School and University of Houston, could be the first Top 10 pick from the Houston area since Elkins' Jake Matthews and Galveston Ball's Mike Evans both went in the Top 10 in 2014.Browse through the photos above to get an idea of where players from the Houston area will be picked in this year's NFL Draft ...Photo: Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer

Former Westfield High School and University of Houston star Ed Oliver will be the first first-round NFL Draft pick from the Houston area since the Bengals took former Wheatley High School and UH cornerback William Jackson III No. 24 overall and the Seahawks took former Westside offenisve lineman Germain Ifedi at No. 31 in 2016.

Oliver has an excellent shot at being the first player from a Houston-area high school to go in the Top 10 since Elkins' Jake Matthews and Galveston Ball's Mike Evans went at Nos. 6 and 7 in 2014. Oliver also could be the first player who grew up in Houston to go in the Top 5 since former Stratford quarterback Andrew Luck went No. 1 overall to the Colts in 2012.

Matt Young joined the Houston Chronicle in September 2015. He previously worked as sports editor at the Corpus Christi Caller-Times after working as a reporter and assistant sports editor there. Before that, he was the sports editor at the Galveston County Daily News.

He is a graduate of the University of Texas and Alief Hastings High School.

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